first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to lose face; to be disgraced
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
leader; authority; mainstay
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to apologize; to apologise